Washing-machine.



N0. 830,172. PATENTED SEPIH, 1906- W. NVRETTINGER.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR.171905.

UNITED STATES kann@ Freien.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 4, 1906.

Application filed March 17,1905. Serial N0. 250,582.

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM N. RETTIN- GER, a resident of Bourbon, inthe county of Marshall and State of Indiana, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in IVashing-Machines; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in washing-machines, the objectof the invention being to provide improvements of this character whichcan be easily operated to most effectually wash material placed therein,which can be adjusted to permit easy removal of goods or materialtherefrom in convenient position to have the Water Wrung therefrom by awringer carried by the Washer-supporting frame 5 and the inventionconsists in certain novel features of construction and combinations andarrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view illustratingmy improvements, and 2 is a view in section.

l represents a supporting base or platform, provided at one end with awringer-frame 2, extending upward from the base and havingstrengthening-braces 3, and said frame is of the proper height from thebase to supporta wvvringer at its top for a purpose which willhereinafter appear. At the other end of base l an inclined standard 4 islocated and supports a notched bar 4a. Near the wringer end of the base1, on a cross-bar 5, a bar 5a is mounted and provided with an opening orbearing 6 in its upper edge., said opening or bearing being in a lowerplane than the notch in bar Ala.

7 represents a cylindrical barrel or receptacle for the goods to bewashed, the opening in one end through which the goods are inserted andremoved being closed by a cover 8, secured in place by a cross-bar 9,having any suitable fastening and provided With a crank 10, as shown.The opposite end ofthe barrel 7 is provided with a journal 1]., adaptedto enter the opening or bearing 6, while the crank 10 rests in the notchin bar 4a when the barrel is supported at an incline and can be readilyrevolved by crank 1'0 to eifectually wash the goods contained therein.When the washing is completed, the barrel can be swung to a verticalposition beside frame 2 and the goods passed through the wringer as theyare removed from the barrel, the drained Water finding its way back intothe barrel, from which it can be removed through suitable openings inthe barrel, normally closed by plugs or otherwise.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangementof the parts described without departing from my invention, and hence Iwould have it understood that I do not restrict myself to the precisedetails set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such slightchanges and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of myinvention.

Having fully described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a washing-machine, the combination of a base, a rotary barrel ortank, of upper and lower bearings on the base supporting said barrel ortank in an inclined position, said barrel or tank having a pivotalsupport in the lower bearing, whereby it can be moved to an uprightposition, and means for .rotating said barrel or receptacle.

2. In a washing-machine, the combination with a base, a wringcr-frame atone end of the base, and an inclined notched. bar at the other end, of abarrel or tank pivotally connected at one end to the base near theframe, and having rotary mounting, and a crank on the other end of thebarrel or tank to rest in the notched bar when the barrel is in aninclined position.

3. In a washing-machine, the combination with a base, a cross-barthereon, and a bar connected to said cross-bar, of a barrel or tankhavingl a combined rotary and pivotal mounting in said last-mentionedbar, a wringer-frame at one end ofthe base, a crank secured to thebarrel, and a notched bar to receive the crank and support the barrel inan inclined position.

4. In a washing-machine, the combination with a base, a barrel and acombined pivotal IOO and rotary' mounting for the barrel on the Intestimony whereof I have signed this base, a cover closing an opening inthe barrel specication in the presence of two Subserib- V end, across-bar secured to the barrel and ing Witnesses.

holding said cover in place, a crank on said WM. N. RETTINGER. 5cross-bar, and a notched bar to receive the Vitnesses:

crank and support the barrel in an inclined ELMER E. WILT,

positione i PETER NOGGLE.

